"Bye" Under the Envoy’s weird gaze as commanded the Eagle to fly.

His mother, step mothers, sisters and maid, all of his harem members apart from Ava who was by his side, her blue long hair flowing flawlessly at the rising wind. The rest all stood at the Castle entrance, smiling but saddened by his departure.

With peaking speed, their figure soon got so tiny that even their expression couldn’t be noticed with his super sight without activating it.

The Grand Cattle which he had spent the last few months since his transmigration in, rapidly decreased in size as the whole of the Capital came into view.

From the west outside the Isvan Capital was covered in parched green shrubs, to east it was less. North, barren with light brown surface, and to the South which they happened to be heading toz there was a far long blue river stretching through the plains and connecting several cities till it was out of sight.

’This...’ Andrew inhaled the air of freedom, Ava stood steady by his side holding his arm while appreciating the rough flow of the wind.

And their journey went on for hours, crossing several cities unseen in the sky, though the wind was harsh there was a glow before the Envoy that showed down it’s acceleration.

’ehn?’ Just as the speed of their flight decelerated, the Eagle swooped down without warning under the control of the Envoy. Though sudden, Andrew could tell there was no hidden intention behind.

And as for the reason he was surprised, there was a round shaped, large, lusterless steel platform hovering in the midst of clouds.

Whoosh! Gliding downward the giant Eagle landed on the platform in the sky. Rapidly enlarging the figure of the five youths on it.

The orange eyed youth in red Mystic Robe.

Whilst a girl stood next to him as if engaged in conversation, she blushed at the boy’s words.

Standing by, there were three other male youths with displeased countenance as they gritted their teeth.

But then, they all raised their heads to witness the giant Eagle land above the platform, its towering ten meter height casting them in its shadow to reveal the figures of the new arrival.

Cold blue eyes, similar blue long hair that was flaunted by the wind, stunning beauty. Her fair skin was without blemish, attracting the attention of the male youths in an instant.

’Top and rare gem,’ they all muttered breathlessly in their thoughts.

Whilst the girl who had been blushing at the orange eyed youth looked enthralled, staring at Andrew as he coolly dismounted the giant Eagle with a jump.

’Shit’ Andrew cursed in his mind as he sensed a tense stare on his face.

Noticing Andrew who stood beside Ava, the male youths wore a displeased expression.

Well... except for Finn who stared at all these with a frown. The enthralled look of the girl had not escaped his view.

Silence...

Both sides stared at the other for a moment, the boys faced with Andrew, while the girl with jealousy stared at Ava.

"Humm... You are?" one of the youth whose eyes were slightly yellow said, directing towards Ava with a charming smile, at least he thought.

Silence...

Ava didn’t reply and instead gazed at the youth with an expressionless look, refusing to utter a single word.

And as for Andrew, since they weren’t referring to him, his eyes gazed over to the orange eyed youth who he recognized to be Finn.

"My bad, I should have done the introduction first..." the slightly yellow eyed youth, blushed in embarrassment.

"... I am Bowie Chay, Chay for short from Verde Kingdom. My pleasure to meet you." offering with a pleasing smile, Chay said, staring at Ava with a warm look in his eyes.

But this time, not only was it Andrew who furrowed his brows in interest, Finn also turned to the youth with hidden disdain and mock. If even he was ignored, then what was the bastard worth.

’You sure are thick skinned bro.’ jetting inwardly at the youth, Chay, Andrew shifted his attention to the other girl apart from Ava.

’Beauty but mid.’ he assessed, but then the girl’s gaze clearly and suddenly turned to that of a displeased frown.

Blonde hair, normal eyes... just handsome. The girl felt a wave of embarrassment instantly flush over her. To think she had been moved by such petty aspects and failed to notice Andrew’s eyes had no change in color, which meant he had a talent below B grade. Compared to Finn who was less handsome but with orange eyes and was from an Aristocrat House in the Empire. The mere thought that she lost composure over Andrew who was nothing compared and was from a low level Kingdom like her’s, instantly made her pained.

Too bad, Finn wasn’t flirting with her anymore instead he distantly but withdrew his glances at Ava’s direction.

"Be ready" the Envoy’s unconcerned tone broke the complex atmosphere.

Before the other youth could comprehend what was happening, apart from Finn whose orange eyes remained same and Andrew who already knew about what was happening, the platform shinned with gold radiance, dark runes and pattern appeared, swirling beneath the radiant glow across the platform, and then the next instant. The radiance became brighter, with a flash everything became normal, there was no one on the platform, leaving the black lusterless steel that made up the platform to continue hovering in the clouds, hidden from the eyes of mortals.

Swish!

Swish!

Swish...

One, two, three... following the swish sound, 8 figures appeared on a black lusterless steel platform.

One middle aged man, and seven youths, four looked stunned and the other three only had a neutral and emotionless expression.

Finn looked at the four youths, only to raise brows as he saw Andrew’s neutral look.

Noticing this, Andrew revealed a smile at the orange eyed youth.

"Urrgggh!"

"Urrgggh!"

"Urrgggh!...

Including the girl with hazy green colored eyes that had been standing beside Finn, all let out a belching sound, almost vomiting, but then, they were probably the best elites in their Kingdom, despite it being a low level one.

Silence...

Falling with one hand on their knees and the other on the platform, the disorientating feeling of traveling through space for a moment washed over them, their faces flushed green and red in embarrassment.

At this time, the purple eyed Envoy also raised a slightly surprised brow at Andrew’s still figure as for the other youths he gave a commendable nod at their reaction. Ava was out of the equation since she had traveled through such before.

And as for Andrew, he had used a teleportation before, albeit a more advanced one than this.

"Ahh" the girl let out a surprised yelp as she quivered before standing up.

Similar to the male youths, only that it was a groan.

"Good, you’ve passed the first test." shocking everyone , the Envoy said as he observed their expression.

’ehn?’ Andrew raised his brows up with a bit of surprise.

But the other four he knew not slightly gaped in surprise, before they were replaced with joy.

And as for Finn he observed their expression with a sneer, what a joke the trail was yet to truly begin.

Where were they though?

Everyone seemed to have similar thoughts and observed the surrounding clouds, were they at the capital?

Whoosh!

The giant Eagle was resummoned, after having been dispersed for unknown reason before activating the teleportation.

Swoosh! The Envoy appeared on the aerial spirit beast in an instant. His gaze wandered between the youths signifying for them to follow suite without exchanging words.

Dropping their aim to observe the clouds around them, revealing their aura simultaneously the youth who called himself Chay was the first to move, Mid Mystic Rank, he dashed then made a huge leap, landing on the eagle.

The other youths took similar actions, albeit their aura was much weaker than Chay’s, newly advanced Mystic. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Gazing at the other youth with disdain, Finn jumped and landed on the giant Eagle without revealing his aura.

Now Andrew, Ava and the hazy green eyed girl were left on the platform.

The girl gritted her teeths in shame and gave Andrew a wicked glare, before revealing her aura, maintaining the bit of elegance she could, she dashed and jumped on the Eagle.

’Is this also a test?’

His grin was obvious, including the Envoy, they all stared at him or rather Aria who was by his side. Were they going to reveal their Rank? Which Rank were they?

Swish!

"Ahh!" then following Ava’s surprised yelp, Andrew scooped her like a princess before the audience. His expression didn’t contract, neither did his aura fly up. There was only a swift sound of him whooshing through the air with a graceful leap.

Subtle, the Envoy felt the Eagle legs buckle a bit after Andrew landed.

But more concerned to the youths were his hands around Ava’s waist.

... the rest were best left unsaid .

The most disheartened one was the girl with hazy green eyes, whose presence was no longer noticeable. Annoying her more, it was the boy who had ruined her chances with Finn that had such a beautiful company.